The Forrest City times., 1887-10-08

The Forrest City Times. aASDvouGr q vADAkuN, Prep'rs, FORREST CITY. ARK.
 THB duke Of Westminster is brother in-law to his own daughter. his second wife's brother having married his daughter.
 DR. MoKELL MAcxENxrE's bill for attending the crown prince of Ger many is A,000 marks, or little more than olLo00.
 THB duke of Marlborough has eased the minds of his many friends in New port by informing them that the proper pronunciation of his name is Marbre
 ON the day of his departure for Bolgaria Prince Ferdinand attempted to insure hb lifo for e4o0, 900, but the four principal offices in Vienna de- clined the honor.
 Ox. of the last requests of Mrs. vln- ssnt the Boston actress. was that the money that people felt disposed to spend on flowers for her funeral should bs sent to tho hospitals
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 Ma WALTER BEsANT only devotes thres or four hours day to producing copy. The rest of his working time he devotee to revision and to gleea,sg fresh material from the void about him.
 TIE late Palgrave Simpson was dub bed 'tAo amiablc brigand" on account of his looks--a swarthy complexion. long hair. and pointed mustache, jet black to the last. A strikingly hand some man withal.
 JOHN SEVER, the first governor of Tennessee, whose grave is in lonely spot on the plantation of J. w. Walker, near tho south bend of the Tallapoosa river. in Alabama, is soon to have a handsome marble monument erected by popular subscriptions
 TIE empress dowager of China has issued decree ordering that tho ex- penses of the ceremonies at tho ap- preaching marriage of tho young emperor be as low as possible. It is estimated. however, that it will cost the people of China sl0. 900. 900 before his royal highness enters the bridal chamber.
 BARON ALBERT RorHscHILD, tho head of tho Vienna firm has lately talk on to the study of astronomy. in which Dr. Pallisa. the well-known discoverer of planets, gives him instruction. Ac- cording to the Vienna Aligemeine zetsang the two spend entire ghts to- gether in the observato ry at Wahring. . suburb of Vienna.
 MRS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX and her husband are to spend the winter in New York. They will occupy charming flat on West Sixtieth street Mrs. Wilcox, who has an inde- pendent income from her literary work, has just signed contract to write exclusively this season for Litera- " LeGves. edited by MT. Box. of Brooklyn.
 THE Rome Ryorma. in speaking of the frugality of Pope Leo KILL. says that the cost of his dinner is scudo 60 cents). He taxes with it half a glass of claret, which he has SD far ordered of . Roman wine dealer but even this expense is to be curtailed, as he last year planted grapes in the Vati- can gardens which promises an abun- dant yield for the needs of his table.
 A NEW design in clocks is in the shape of . balloon. The bag is of copper. and is covered with a network of gold wires. The face of the clock is on the side of the bag. while direct ly behind is compass. The balloon is complete in every respect even to the coils of rope in the bottom of the basket and the whole has the appear. ance of being tied ito flight of steps of oxidized bronze.
 FELIX RE9AMY. Parisian artist, we'll known in Boston, has made the interesting discovery that . French plaster molder named Hubbard has in hts possession full-sized bronze copy of the marble statue of Washington by Houdon, which he will sell for $500. N. Regamy suggests in the Paris Figaro that the United States govern mont purchase the bronze statue and present it to the gallery of the Lourve.
 THE meancst man in Boston hes been reported. He calls himself practical joker. and it is said that having noticed that on cirtain day of the week pudding was placed on the ledge of window to cool. he brought a bean blower and a box of mandrake pills, and when tho pudding next appeared
 
 he blew it full of pills. It is also said that puddings are no longer exposed on that back window.
 TaB Alsatian poet. Daniel Hirtz. Jr.. died recently at Bischweiler. suburb of Strasbourg. at the age of 57. He inherited the potical talent of his father.